KindWorks will prepare an apartment for an Afghan refugee family in Riverdale, MD on Saturday, December 14 starting at 1pm. This family is an Afghan mother and her 9 year old son, coming from a refugee situation in Turkey. The family will receive support services through Ethiopian Community Development Council.
We invite you to join us as we transform an empty apartment into fully furnished, warm and welcoming home for them. Come for an hour or two to arrange furniture, organize the bedrooms and kitchen, put together and make beds, lay out toys and hang art. Many hands make light work and it’s a lot of fun!**
Thank you for donating good, dignity quality furniture and furnishings. All items should be clean, unstained, and 100% pet-hair-, cobweb- and smoke -free. Please vacuum large furniture items and all rugs prior to donation!
The total setup usually takes about 2 hours from start to finish, depending somewhat on the number of volunteers and the quantity of furniture.
Please email Alexa at aabdelatey@earthlink.net or call/text (540) 538-9696 at any time in the process if you have questions.
If you would like to participate but are unable to bring items or volunteer, please consider a financial donation in support of the KindWorks Refugee program HERE.
Many, many thanks!
Sincerely, Alexa Abdelatey, KindWorks Apartment Coordinator
**as with all KindWorks projects, when you register you do so with the understanding that volunteering may involve physical activity, the handling of sharp objects and cooking apparatus, the lifting of heavy objects, contact with unidentified and unfamiliar persons, and will require the exercise of reasonable care to avoid injury and/or damage, and you agree to assume any and all risks of personal injury or property damage.